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Kurt Franz
Kurt Franz

Kurt Franz était un criminel de guerre nazi. Après avoir effectué son service militaire obligatoire, il a rejoint en 193...

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Samuel Willenberg
Samuel Willenberg

Samuel Willenberg was born in Częstochowa, his mother was a Russian who converted to Judaism. His father, an artist, wor...

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Martin Gottfried Weiss
Martin Gottfried Weiss

Martin Gottfried Weiss a été le commandant de nombreux camps de concentration. Les récits à son sujet sont contradictoir...

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Heinrich Wicker
Heinrich Wicker

En 1945, les troupes américaines s'approchant du camp de concentration de Dachau, les nazis paniquent. Le commandant du ...

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Felix Spark
Felix Spark

Felix Spark était un vétéran de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, après laquelle il a servi, entre autres, dans la Garde natio...

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Sam Pivnik
Sam Pivnik

Lorsque la guerre a éclaté, Sam Pivnik était encore un enfant - il avait 13 ans. Avec ses parents, sa sœur et ses deux f...

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Bogdan Suchowiak
Bogdan Suchowiak

Bogdan Suchowiak était un officier de réserve de l'armée polonaise. En 1939, il a participé à la campagne de défense apr...

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Maria Mandl
Maria Mandl

Maria Mandl a reçu de nombreux surnoms de la part des détenues d'Auschwitz-Birkenau. L'une d'elles l'appelait "Mandelka"...

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David Dushman
David Dushman

David Dushman était un soldat de l'Armée rouge qui a combattu pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en tant que conducteur ...

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Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch

Marc Bloch, historien et résistant français, exécuté par la Gestapo en 1944, reposera au Panthéon. ...

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Madeleine Riffaud
Madeleine Riffaud

Madeleine Riffaud était un membre de la Résistance française qui a effectué des missions audacieuses contre les forces n...

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Witold Pilecki
Witold Pilecki

Witold Pilecki was a Polish Army officer who joined the conspiracy against the German and Soviet occupying forces in 193...

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Jürgen Stroop
Jürgen Stroop

Jürgen Stroop was an SS general (German: Gruppenführer). He took part in the occupation of the so-called Sudetenland in ...

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Cywia Lubetkin
Cywia Lubetkin

Cywia Lubetkin, nicknamed Celina, was a Polish Jew who became a symbol of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Before the war, sh...

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Zenon Malik
Zenon Malik

​​Zenon Malik was a Polish soldier and officer. During the occupation of Poland he joined the Home Army in Kraków and ga...

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Willi Graf
Willi Graf

Willi Graf was an devout Catholic and an active supporter of the White Rose. He was forced to serve as a medical orderly...

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Validio Mantovani
Validio Mantovani

Validio Mantovani was a factory worker and a member of the Milanese Gruppi di Azione Patriottica (Patriotic Action Group...

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Tadeusz Bieńkowicz
Tadeusz Bieńkowicz

​​Tadeusz Bieńkowicz was a member of the resistance and took part in one of the largest actions to free prisoners in occ...

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​​Stanisław Kolasiński​
​​Stanisław Kolasiński​

​​Stanisław Kolasiński was a soldier of the Polish Army. After the Polish defeat in 1939 he went to France to join the P...

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Sergio Kasman
Sergio Kasman

Sergio Kasman played a crucial part in the resistance, contributing to the liberation of political prisoners. His involv...

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Piet Meerburg
Piet Meerburg

Piet Meerbug was a member of the resistance in Amsterdam. He was the leader of a resistance group that helped to save hu...

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Kurt Huber
Kurt Huber

Kurt Huber was one of the few German professors who opposed the Nazi Regime. In December 1942, Huber joined the White Ro...

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Johan Snoek
Johan Snoek

Johan Snoek helped people in hiding. When he and his family were driven from their home by the Battle of Arnhem in Septe...

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Henryk Kosior
Henryk Kosior

​​Henryk Kosior fought in Polish Army in September 1939. During the Soviet occupation, he joined the resistance. He was ...

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